Re: Pipeline Production Problems

[Doug Welch <welch@physics.mcmaster.ca>]

It is worth pointing out that good 8-port *switches* are frequently less
expensive than smaller hubs! There is little reason not to buy an 8-port
switch!

Cheers,
Doug

On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 15:51, BARTHOLDI Paul wrote:
> Hi every one,
> 
> Two little remarks:
> 
> - verify that all your cards are running at 100 MHz
> 
> - if you have a hub and not a switch, than any 10 MHz connection will bring 
>   all to that speed.
> 
> In principle, a good switch will adapt itself to the individual speed of each
> connection. But they do "store and forward" for at least part of the
> messages. So if you cascade many small switches, you increase the latency
> each time your messages go through another "store and forward"... Better 
> have a single bigger switch than many small ones, as Chris says.
> 
> Regards,     Paul